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Past
Book and “Stories” Events
Community Gatherings
From Freedom
Summer to Ferguson, Mississippi to
Minnesota, we face challenging times. View
examples of communities gathering together
for reflection and fellowship. Observe the
use of the power of story, in
diverse artistic forms, to recall and
revive the history of Freedom Summer and
apply lessons to today’s challenges.
Appearances |
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22nd annual Eagan
Art Festival Author Booth:
Sale and Signing of
The
FOG MACHINE
Eagan Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan, MN 55121
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Rosemount High School
Library:
Ask the Author, Slide Show, Book Giveaway
Friday, March 4, 7:00 – 7:30 am
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The
FOG MACHINE
Comes to St. James
Kickoff Staff Development Diversity
Session:
Monday, January 18 at 2:00 pm
Stories Then and Now:
SJHS Little Theatre, Monday, January 18
at 6:30 pm
Classroom Engagement with Students in
English 151:
Tuesday, January 19 at 8:25 and 10:33 am
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Seniors
Learning Together—Fall 2015
Monday, October 12, Church of the
Risen Savior, Burnsville, 9:30 am
Presentation and conversation with
Seniors Learning Together (SALT)
From Freedom Summer to Ferguson,
Mississippi to Minnesota, we face
challenging times.
Knowing the history of Jim Crow-era
Mississippi can help us understand.
Hear the author:
Consider today’s issues in light of
movement history
Share her journey from disinterested
student of history, to advocate for the
power of story
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Flex Day at
Rosemount High School
Thursday, May 21, Rosemount High,
8:55 – 9:45 am
With African American Registry Founder
Ben McHie
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Community Engagement in Rosemount
With 1964 Freedom Summer veteran Gail Falk,
Twin Cities educator and activist Jason Sole,
and Minnesota author Susan Follett
Tuesday,
February 17,
Rosemount Community Center Auditorium,
6:00 – 8:30 pm
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Book
Groups
“Then and Now”
conversation with St. Philip's Lutheran
Church book group, Blaine, MN, April 27 MN ISD #196 Secondary Social Studies
Teachers Book Study Group
selects
The
FOG MACHINE
for
Fall 2015; discussion during January
Professional Development Day
St. James, MN Library Book Club,
September 28
Possibilities!
Book Club,
Rosemount, MN, September 19—1st
post-publication book group get-together
Reading Reunion Book Group with members of Meridian,
Mississippi’s first graduating class under
federally mandated desegregation
(Meridian/Harris High School class of
1970), April 21
Conversation with
Bagels and Books, Rosemount, MN,
March 30
Conversation with
Whoa Day Book Club, Mountain Home, AR,
March 21
Review and
discussion by Portland Chapter of Women
Presidents Organization Book Group,
February 7
Conversation with
St. Paul-area (Farmington) Book Group,
January 26
“History from
the Heart: Writing my historical novel,
The
FOG MACHINE.”
Conversation with Mrs. Symonova’s English
Language Learner Writing Workshop at Scott
Highland Middle School (Apple Valley, MN),
January 5 …
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Afternoon in
Eagan, MN with members of Wescott
Library Teen Writers Book Group,
November 12
Conversation
with Chicago-area (LaGrange) Book Group,
September 1
Book Group at
the Mercer Island Library, August 21. An exchange with
Seattle-area book groups inspired by
Seattle Public Library’s Interracial
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